DIY Modern Vintage Style Chair Makeover with Gold Spray Paint

Lately I’ve been loving the new gold tones that are coming back in style. No, I don’t mean the ugly brass from the eighties, but yes I do mean the subtle gold accents I’m seeing around Pinterest and social media. You know what I’m talking about don’t you? I’ve already shared another project where I used this lovely gold paint. I’ve been wanting to add a few gold tones to some of my furniture and I thought what better way to do it than with an old thrifted chair that I could makeover in a DIY modern vintage style with gold spray paint.

This little project all started with a vintage thrifted chair I found on craigslist. I purchased two chairs and I knew right away what to do with one of them.

I gave one of the chairs a good makeover right away with my vintage desk makeover. Unfortunately, the other chair got pushed to the corner of my garage until today, when I finally decided what to do with it!

I’m starting to love a mid century modern furniture style.

This style incorporates clean lines, metals and bold (not necessarily bright) colors. This is exactly what I was going for with my DIY modern vintage chair makeover. I wanted to add a pop of “modern” to the base. This is where the gold spray paint comes in.

Mid century style furniture also seems to encompass bolder colors.

I wanted to do something I normally don’t do…….add a little color to this modern vintage style furniture makeover. Since I’ve been on a dark blue kick lately, I figured why not paint the chair base the same color that I painted that old bookcase.

This was an easy project that only required a few cans of spray paint.

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The gold spray paint below is my “go to” spray paint for the new gold tones that have become popular. Just to recap, it’s not that brassy gold, but more of a modern gold tone. I really love it.

The chalk spray paint in the color Charcoal is another favorite of mine right now. I love the ease of use with the spray paint. It also comes in a can form. If you want to know the pros and cons and my review of chalk spray paint click {here}.

Now comes the fun part; spray painting!

In my normal fashion, I seemed to have lost the “progress” pics of painting the modern vintage chair. I tell ya, sometimes I worry about myself. #hotmessmama Help my feelings and let me know you can relate! 😉

Ok, back on track with my DIY modern vintage style chair makeover.

Since it doesn’t take a genius to explain how to spray paint a piece of furniture, I figured we would be just fine without the progress pics.

I did, however, want to share a few tips.

I started my thrifted chair makeover by spray painting the seat first. I did this because I thought it would be easier to spray the larger piece first (which involved turning it and flipping it in all different directions). After the seat was fully painted, I could move to the base, which didn’t require a lot of “flipping.”

And that’s it! I love how you can transform the style of a piece of furniture with just a few cans of paint!

If you enjoyed this project and want to save it for later, feel free to pin it {here} or pin the image below.

Welcome to the first series of a fun group of other bloggers who also have a passion for flipping furniture. Every first Thursday of the month I will be sharing not only my own furniture transformations, but also some other very talented ladies furniture flips. I can’t wait to share some serious furniture flipping inspiration!

What an awesome chair! I would love to have something that cool in my craft room/office. I just spent last week painting all kinds of furniture with my friend and our moms, almost 100 pieces between us! Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty

I never would have thought of pairing these two styles in one piece, but I really love how it turned out. The modern color choices tie it together so well! Thanks for sharing your project at #fridaysfurniturefix !

What a cool chair! I will be featuring this tonight at my Swing into Spring party that opens at 8pm EST. Please stop by and pick up an I’ve Been Featured button. Thanks. http://diybydesign.blogspot.com

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Hi there, I'm Lindsey and I'm so glad you're here. I don't have a handyman in my back pocket or mad craftsman skills, I'm just a girl with a desire to create. I love simple DIY's, budget friendly home projects, refinishing furniture and scoring vintage finds, all on a budget of course! Click my picture to know more. Also, if I can do it you can too so feel free to drop me a comment if you have any questions.